Keto Strips - Keto Strips Urine Test - 100 Strips

I've been undergoing a ketogenic diet periodically since the 70s, when Dr Atkins first wrote his Diet Revolution book. Back then, it was a pretty spartan proposition, since the only sugar substitute readily available was saccharin, which tasted plain nasty, and alternative flours, such as almond and coconut, were not widely available. Milk for cooking or drinking? Forget it! No almond, soy, or coconut milks widely or consistently available. It's no exaggeration to say that difference between keto dieting then and now is akin to night and day.What has not changed is that even back then, we used Ketostix to check for the presence of ketones in order to know our body had achieved ketosis, and then to know our carb intake limit to stay there. They worked exactly the same, with the same purple color, as these and others like TruePlus. Back then, though, they were incredibly expensive for a small number.Not like the Smackfat strips, which are so reasonably priced, they won't break the bank. Anyone can avail themselves of the wealth of information on the web, and begin her/his own keto diet, and know precisely what's going on in her/his body under all variable circumstances. The strips work just as well as the more expensive and ubiquitous TruePlus strips you can get at any Walgreens. Smackfat are concise and accurate, matching the more expensive TruePlus exactly. Ive done many side-by-side comparisons, and can assert that Smackfat are dead-on accurate.Additionally, they have a longer strip, making it easier to hold further from the urine stream, a little advantage that does not go unappreciated here.The company owner sends you an email soon after purchase with a link to his ncredibly informative e-pamphlet, a compilation that explains everything you could ever want to know about the benefits and ramifications of adopting the ketogenic lifestyle, complete with links to many medical studies that underscore and support said info. Moreover, he makes himself available by email, inviting you to discuss any questions or concerns you may have. That is way above and beyond. His before/after pictures are nothing short of amazing, and inspiring!These are the only strips I will buy in the future. A+ product, superb price and attentive customer service=an unbeatable combo. Well done!

There are three main ketone bodies that are excreted from the body during ketosis. Acetoacetate is one of the ketones that is produced early in your nutritional ketogenic diet and can be easily and accurately measured in the urine by these strips. Be aware that you tend to produce this kind of ketone more so later in the day. Consequently, you will get a darker reading in the evening. If you continue on your ketogenic quest, your body will eventually stop excreting this kind of ketone in the urine and produce more of the ketones found in the serum and breath. This process is called kept-adaption, whereby you have switched your body over to burning more of your own fat as the main fuel source rather than glucose (sugar). This means that the further and more adapted you are in your diet, the less helpful these strips will be. This may cause you to become discouraged with the diet. If you never plan on being in the leto-adapted state you can continue to use these strips. However, most people will have keto adaption as the desired goal and will need to stop using these strips when adapted. You will then need switch to either blood or breath testing to monitor proper nutrition ketosis. The blood test for ketones is very accurate, but the machine and especially the strips, are very expensive. I chose to use the only breath ketone tester currently available at this time - the KETONIX breath tester, which was available on Amazon at one time. Good luck on your health quest - I hope this was helpful.

This is my second set of these strips and I like them a lot. I got these to replace the Bayer Keto Diastix and the plain Ketostix, but all ketostix suffer from the same weakness: they lose their sensitivity upon exposure to oxygen. This means that if you have a set of stix that you opened 2-4 months ago, it might not even be giving you good readings anymore. I noticed this because when I was down to my last 10 smackfat strips, I noticed my readings would hover between trace (0.5) and none (0.0). I suspected this was off, and when I got my newest strips, I noticed the new strips were one level higher: when the old strips reported trace (0.5), the new strips would report small (1.5). To combat this, I placed the date on the bottle and also remembered to close the bottle immediately after use. This way I know not to trust them after about 6 weeks (which seems the point at which sensitivity drops one notch) and to keep this degradation from accelerating (by closing the bottle).